Mandy Moore slams journalist who canceled interview after star refused to talk about past abuse

Mandy Moore has hit out at a journalist who canceled an interview with the actress after Moore refused to talk about her past trauma.

The actress, 36, took to her Instagram Stories to explain that her "blood is still boiling" as a result of the incident with an unidentified journalist.

Moore explained that she took a day to think about what happened, but when she woke up on Tuesday (February 16), she was still outraged.

"While I completely understand Mandy's decision not to want to discuss [censored] at all, from our perspective it would be difficult not to address it in the interview or subsequent piece," the journalist wrote in an email to Moore's agent.

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However, according to Moore, who expressed her feelings via Instagram Stories, "there are countless interviews they could pull from," emphasizing that "that story is over and there's nothing more to say."

Moore, therefore, believed that if the journalists needed information about the abuse she suffered, she can simply get it elsewhere.

But the journalist was insistent that any interview about Moore's life and career "would inevitably involve discussing her time with [censored] given the impact he has had on her life and career."

The journalist then explained that they "have" to respect her decision, but if Moore does not discuss it, "it would be wrong for us to proceed with the interview."

"Any comment I make about said experience instantly becomes clickbait and gives them the energy and time they seek and have already stolen from too many for too long," Moore said.

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While Moore acknowledged that the news outlet had every right to decide not to interview her, "the message this sends is insulting and so out of touch with the cultural discussions around abusive relationships, directly linking someone's value back to their abuser."

"The refusal to interview someone unless they agree to relive that trauma publicly?" she continued. "No thank you."

This comes as Moore is "about to give birth any second" and is "not afraid to draw healthy boundaries."

As well as the journalist being unidentified, the name of the publication involved is not known either.